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Friday, June 3, 2011

Ska history part 5 of ?: Ska goes mainstream

During the 1990s third wave ska finally broke into the mainstream in the US with bands like Sublime, No Doubt, Gold Finger, The mighty Mighty Boss Tones, Less Than Jake, and Reel Big Fish topping charts and receiving mainstream radio play and punk bands like Rancid and NOFX adopted ska sounds. Ska scenes were by this point spread through out the US though were most prominent in the North Eastern US, Southern California, Florida, and Urban pockets of the mid west. During this time period ska bands were for the first time producing large budget music videos that ran on such stations a MTV (back when it still played music =P). This could possibly be seen as the golden age of the US ska scene as never before and not since has it been as widespread. Below are some videos of the more prominent bands at the time,

About Me

Hey people who aren't actually reading this! I guess I should talk about my self here, so here's what I'm going to tell you. I'm a college student born, raised, and living on Long Island. I actually play guitar and bass myself. I try and support my local ska scene and I suggest every other ska fan do the same! I first started listening to ska when I was a sophomore in high school and listened to Reel Big Fish for the first time. Since then it has become my favorite type of music and a big part of my life.